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- Weekly poll results: Dark themes really are all the rage
- Counterclockwise: weird phone accessories
- Netflix is experimenting with top 10 most-viewed lists in the UK
- Google finally talks Fuchsia OS - not as ambitious as we thought
- Xiaomi Redmi Snapdragon 855 flagship will launch with Android Q beta support
- OnePlus 7 and 7 Pro's official cases confirm design ahead of May 14 launch
- Alleged Huawei nova 5 cases and early render leak online
| Weekly poll results: Dark themes really are all the rage Posted: 12 May 2019 05:00 AM PDT  Dark themes are awesome, last week's poll has concluded. Some like them for their power efficiency, some for the aesthetics, there's a lot of overlap between these two camps too. There's a growing number of OLED-based phones, especially at the higher end of the market. Android Q is set to add native support for OS-wide dark theme - which was the default back in the Holo days. That is a welcome change from the bright white backgrounds of Material design. iOS 13 is rumored to add dark theme support too. On phones with LCD screens you lose the perk of saving power, but there are still... |
| Counterclockwise: weird phone accessories Posted: 12 May 2019 01:00 AM PDT  The Ericsson T68 is famous for having a camera add-on - one of the earliest examples of a mobile phone that can shoot photos. But modern smartphones have so many features that there are no gaps in their capabilities. Still, add-on companies have to sell something and the results are... well, we'll let you be the judge. Do you yearn for the ergonomics of old-school handsets? Just plug in one of these and you'll be transported to the good old days of using payphones or waiting until you got back home to make a call. There are Bluetooth versions too, for those of you who want to look retro... |
| Netflix is experimenting with top 10 most-viewed lists in the UK Posted: 11 May 2019 09:00 PM PDT  Netflix has never really been big on sharing viewership data of any kind with its users. In fact, even creators contributing to the platform have been known to complain on the matter. Worse still, even the five star rating system of old, with its limited grading potential hasn't been around since roughly the premier of a certain Netflix comedy special. But, we won't get into any of that. The important new development is that Netflix might actually be taking steps towards exposing statistics back to the user space. Namely, experimental top 10 most viewed lists, currently running in sort of... |
| Google finally talks Fuchsia OS - not as ambitious as we thought Posted: 11 May 2019 05:00 PM PDT  Remember Fuchsia OS? Granted, there's not really that much to remember, since Google has mostly been keeping the project under wraps. Well, senior vice president of Android and Chrome Hiroshi Lockheimer finally broke the silence at the last Google I/O. We're looking at what a new take on an operating system could be like. And so I know out there people are getting pretty excited saying, 'Oh this is the new Android,' or, 'This is the new Chrome OS . Fuchsia is really not about that. Fuchsia is about just pushing the state of the art in terms of operating systems and things that we learn... |
| Xiaomi Redmi Snapdragon 855 flagship will launch with Android Q beta support Posted: 11 May 2019 02:00 PM PDT  As expected, Google made quite an extensive showcase for Android 10 Q at its last I/O developer conference. Naturally, topping it all off with announcements for beta availability to get the OS into developer and enthusiast hands as fast as possible. As many instantly noticed, the beta roll-out in question covered a whopping 21 devices from 13 different brands - a far cry from the old days on Pixel and Nexus multiple month-long exclusivity period. Both the Xiaomi Mi 9 and Mi Mix 3 5G are in this first wave of Q Beta eligible devices. And, if Redmi GM Lu Weibing is to be believed (he... |
| OnePlus 7 and 7 Pro's official cases confirm design ahead of May 14 launch Posted: 11 May 2019 11:00 AM PDT  The OnePlus 7 and 7 Pro will be unveiled on May 14, and just three days ahead of the launch, the official cases of both these smartphones have leaked confirming some of their design aspects. The cases of these smartphones re-confirm that the OnePlus 7 Pro will come with a triple camera setup at the back with the standard variant sporting a dual camera - both placed vertically in the center. Furthermore, both these smartphones will have their power buttons and alert sliders on the right, with the volume rockers residing on the left. Overall, the regular OnePlus 7 is expected to share a lot... |
| Alleged Huawei nova 5 cases and early render leak online Posted: 11 May 2019 09:00 AM PDT  To be perfectly frank, we can't really say we enjoy the influx of new Huawei and Honor devices as of late. Granted, over-saturating every possible price segment across markets seems to be the norm of the day, especially the value segments and Huawei is far from the only offender. Plus, the tactic appears to be working, at least to some extent. So, we'll just have to cope wit the frantic pace. We're only saying this since a fresh new leak has been brought to our attention, claiming to show cases as well as an early concept render for an upcoming Huawei nova 5. All the while, we are still... |
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